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Jacobin Radio
News, politics, history and more from Jacobin. Featuring The Dig, Long Reads, Confronting Capitalism, Behind the News, Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman, and occasional specials.
Episodes
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The Vast Majority: The Romance of American Communism with Alyssa Battistoni, Sean Estelle and Meagan Day
No book better captures what it's like to be a socialist who has jumped headlong into the fight for a better world than Vivian Gornick's The Romance of…
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The Dig: Don't Blame Robots with Aaron Benanav
Dan interviews Aaron Benanav, who argues that the problem isn't that robots are stealing our jobs but rather that capitalist growth is finding its limits and…
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Casualties of History: "God sent Meat into the World for us Poor as well as Rich"
We cover chapters three and four—"Satan's Strongholds" and "The Free-Born Englishman." With guest John Bohstedt (author of The Politics of Provisions: Food…
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The Vast Majority: Bernie's Campaign Strategy Wasn't the Problem with Hadas Thier and Paul Heideman
There are too many bad takes out there about the end of the Bernie Sanders campaign. Thankfully, Hadas Thier and Paul Heideman wrote one that is good…
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Behind the News: Vijay Prashad, Meagan Day, and Micah Uetricht
Vijay Prashad on China (and Sinophobia), Kerala, and the crucial importance of social organization. Then, Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht, authors of Bigger than…
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The Dig: Bigger Than Bernie with Meagan Day & Micah Uetricht
Dan interviews Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht, the authors of Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism, to assess the…
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Jacobin Radio: Coronavirus; Warehouse Organizing
Suzi talks with her brother Irv Weissman, director of Stanford University’s Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine about the science and…
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Behind the News: Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis talks about life under COVID-19, the economic crisis, vultures stripping Greece, and democratizing the European Union (includes bonus audio…
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The Dig: Blowback with Brendan James and Noah Kulwin
Dan interviews the makers of a new podcast series telling the history of the Iraq War. Blowback is available only on Stitcher Premium—and for a month you can…
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Casualties of History: The Kingdom Within
We cover chapters one and two — "Members Unlimited" and "Christian Apollyon" — on this week's episode. Rachel Foxley, a professor of history at the University…
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The Dig: Fear City with Kim Phillips-Fein
Dan interviews historian Kim Phillips-Fein about her book Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics and about how the destruction…
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Casualties of History: Preface
Welcome to Casualties of History, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. We’ll be working our way through EP Thompson’s The Making of the English Working Class. In…
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The Vast Majority: Bernie Is Out with Marianela D’Aprile and Eric Blanc
Bernie Sanders is out of the race. We can’t go on; we must go on. Micah talked about it with Jacobin contributor Eric Blanc and Democratic Socialists of…
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The Dig: Organizing Now with Sarah Jaffe & Jasson Perez
Dan interviews veteran organizer Jasson Perez and journalist Sarah Jaffe on left organizing amid covid and where it might go. Support this podcast at…
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Jacobin Radio: James K. Galbraith and Aaron Benanav
Suzi talks to James K. Galbraith on the economic policies we need, and Aaron Benanav on the crisis of unemployment. James K Galbraithresponds to the multiple…
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The Vast Majority: Bigger than Bernie with Meagan Day
'Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism' is out this week, and coauthors Micah Uetricht and Meagan Day are talking…
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The Dig: Surviving This Plague with Amy Kapczynski and Gregg Gonsalves
Dan interviews Amy Kapczynski and Gregg Gonsalves on the politics of public health and what we can learn from ACT UP. Please support The Dig with your money at…
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The Dig: Who Got Bailed Out with Eric Levitz
Dan interviews New York magazine writer Eric Levitz on the big corporate bailout that gave workers precious little to survive the corona crisis. Please support…
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The Dig: Coronavirus Economics with Grace Blakeley
Dan interviews Marxist economist Grace Blakeley on coronavirus economics. Please support this podcast with money at Patreon.com/TheDig
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Behind the News: COVID-19
David Himmelstein of Physicians for a National Health Program and CUNY on how US health policy got us to this desperate pass. Then, Helen Yaffe on Cuban…
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Jacobin Radio: Mike Davis and Robert Brenner
Podcasting in the time of coronavirus: Suzi's new episode of Jacobin Radio features interviews with Marxist greats Mike Davis and Robert Brenner. Mike Davis is…
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The Vast Majority: Coronavirus Shows Why We Need Medicare for All with Adam Gaffney
Coronavirus is decimating the planet right now, and it's made far worse by the fact that we don't have a public healthcare system. We talked to Adam Gaffney…
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The Dig: Mike Davis on Coronavirus Politics
Dan interviews Mike Davis about everything we are all suddenly trying to figure out. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig
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The Dig: NYC DSA on the Ballot
Dan interviews NYC DSA down-ballot candidates. Samelys López is running for a US House seat in the Bronx. Jabari Brisport, Marcela Mitaynes, and Phara…
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Behind the News: Kali Akuno and Dibyesh Anand
Kali Akuno on why black voters like Joe Biden. Then, Dibyesh Anand on the belief system of India’s Hindu fascists (book here).
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The Dig: We've Got People with Ryan Grim
An interview on how the Democratic Party got here today with Ryan Grim. Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig
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The Dig: Organize and Fight with Ilhan Omar
Pep talk time: Dan interviews Rep. Ilhan Omar to give us some perspective and prepare us for the fight ahead. Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig
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The Vast Majority: The Economics of Mass Incarceration with Adaner Usmani and John Clegg
Mass incarceration has rightly become a major topic of discussion and organizing on the Left recently. But our guests today, Adaner Usmani and John Clegg, have…
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Jacobin Radio: Matt Karp and Adolph Reed on Super Tuesday
Suzi looks at the significance and aftermath of South Carolina and Super Tuesday, asking basic questions about the disconnect between the enthusiasm and…
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The Vast Majority: Joe Biden Returns with Branko Marcetic
<style></style> Super Tuesday has come and gone, and Joe Biden is now the frontrunner. There's nobody better to talk about this stuff than Jacobin staff writer…
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The Dig: Bernie 2020 with Michael Brooks and Natalie Shure
A special pod ep from Sunday's live Boston canvass kickoff with Michael Brooks and Natalie Shure. Please support this podcast with your money at…
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The Dig: Race for Profit with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Dan interviews Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on her book Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership. Come see Dan discuss…
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The Dig: Bernie 2020 with Alex Press and Bhaskar Sunkara
Live show with Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara and Alex Press in Cambridge, MA for Bernie 2020. Recorded the night of Nevada caucuses. Please support us with your…
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Behind the News: Colleen Eren and Jamieson Webster
Colleen Eren, author of Bernie Madoff and the Crisis, on why the Ponzi schemer deserves release from prison (op-ed here). Then, Jamieson Webster psychoanalyzes…
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The Dig: Catholic Anticommunism with Giuliana Chamedes
The Catholic Church was a powerful force throughout the first half of the 20th century. It was a force for right-wing reaction. That’s what Dan discusses today…
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Behind the News: Yasha Levine and Lizzie O'Shea
Yasha Levine on Chrystia Freeland, Ukrainian Nazis, and the proxy war against Russia. Then, Lizzie O’Shea, author of Future Histories, on fake…
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The Vast Majority: The Path to Bernie Victory Goes Through the Working Class with Shawn Gude
Bernie Sanders has won two states in a row, first Iowa and then New Hampshire. But how exactly did he do it? We talked to Jacobin's Shawn Gude, who gives some…
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The Dig: Right-Wing Racism with Daniel Martinez HoSang & Joe Lowndes
Racism on the right wing is changing in weird and important ways, and liberal anti-racism offers no viable solution. Dan interviews Daniel Martinez HoSang and…
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Jacobin Radio: Geo-Engineering; Bolivia
Suzi talks to Ansar Fayyazuddin<font color="#365f91">, t</font><font color="#000000">heoretical physicist and writer, who has written on geo-engineering as an…
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People's History Podcast: "False Hope" (S1E6)
Columbia Point tenants face new management and a private police force. This is the final episode of the first season of People's History Podcast! "The Point…
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Behind the News: Sofia Japaridze and Margaret Kimberley
Sofia Japaridzeon Congressionally protected wage theft in the libertarian paradise of post-Soviet Georgia. Then, Margaret Kimberley, author ofPrejudential, on…
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The Dig: Hong Kong with Au Loong Yu
The protests have subsided but coronavirus has only created a deeper crisis for government legitimacy. Dan interviews long-time Hong Kong activist and writer…
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Behind the News: Mass Incarceration; US–China Trade War
John Clegg, co-author of this article, on the economic roots of mass incarceration. Then, Tobita Chow and Jake Werner, authors of this paper, on the US–China…
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The Dig: This Life with Martin Hägglund
Dan interviews philosopher Martin Hägglund on how the way we conceive of our finite lives here on earth shapes our critique of capitalism and construction of…
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The Vast Majority: Socialism in Chicago with Rossana Rodriguez
Six members of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America won election to the Chicago city council last year. One of them is Rossana Rodriguez, elected as…
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Behind the News: Human Rights Politics; Alexandra Kollontai
Jessica Whyte, author of The Morals of the Market, on the relations between neoliberalism and human rights politics. Then, Michele Masucci and Joanna Warsza…
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The Dig: Daniel Denvir interviewed by Astra Taylor
Daniel Denvir shamelessly interviewed on his own podcast by Astra Taylor about All-American Nativism. Upcoming events: 1/24 All-American Nativism Brooklyn book…
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The Vast Majority: If You Want to Defeat Trump, Bernie Is Your Candidate with Meagan Day
Bernie Sanders is not just the candidate with the strongest left platform as well as the only candidate with a vision of social and political change coming…
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People's History Podcast: "Carson Beach" (S1E5)
In the turmoil of busing, Betty Ann Jones advocates armed defense. Betty Washington and Dorothy Haskins lead a "wade-in" to protest segregation. This is the…
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Jacobin Radio: Marc Cooper on Journalism
Suzi talks to longtime journalist Marc Cooper about the changing world of journalism and asks how the carrier of information, which used to be predominantly…
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The Vast Majority: Building a Left Foreign Policy with Daniel Bessner
We were terrifyingly close to an open war on Iran recently. The near-miss was a reminder of<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> how brazenly American…
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The Dig: America's Long War with Nikhil Pal Singh
The wars at home and abroad have always been connected. Dan interviews Nikhil Pal Singh on US attacks on Iran and the politics, history, and culture of…
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Behind the News: Australian Fires; Badges Without Borders
Writer Jeff Sparrow on the Australian fires. Then, Stuart Schrader, author of Badges Without Borders, on counterinsurgency and policing.
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The Dig: Planet to Win with Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Aldana Cohen
Confronting the intertwined ecological, social, economic, and political crises. Dan interviews Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Aldana Cohen, co-authors with Kate…
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People’s History Podcast: "Free Breakfast" (S1E4)
Sisters Angie Irving and Linda Wade bring the Black Panthers to Columbia Point. This is episode four of the first season of People's History Podcast! "The…
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Jacobin Radio: Juan Cole and Yousef Baker on Iraq and Iran
Suzi looks at the likely impact of Qassem Soleimani's assassination for both Iran and Iraq. Juan Cole of "Informed Comment" examines the decision by Donald…
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Behind the News: Evangelicals; India's Citizenship Law
Adam Kotsko, author of “The Evangelical Mind,” on the life and thought of that tendency. Then, Shailja Sharma on India’s new citizenship law and protests…
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Jacobin Radio: Achin Vanaik on Modi's India
Suzi continues to look at the spectacular global movements that have rocked the world in 2019. The mass protests are not dying out and as the year comes to an…
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Behind the News: British Election, Why You Should Be a Socialist
Aditya Chakraborty on the British election, BoJo, Brexit, and the state of the Labour Party. Then, Nathan Robinson, author of Why You Should Be a Socialist, on…
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The Dig: Down-Ballot Fights with Jessica Cisneros, Stephen Smith, and Heidi Sloan
We need Bernie but a lot more too. Dan does three interviews with down-ballot left insurgent candidates: Jessica Cisneros, a Justice Democrat running against…